Allentown couple face charges after drugs found during search of home

December 12, 2013|By Manuel Gamiz Jr., Of The Morning Call

An Allentown couple were charged after police searched their apartment and found heroin packaged for sale, according to court records.

Luis A. Ortiz, 50, and Geraldine Hernandez, 48, were charged on Dec. 6 after a search of their apartment in the 500 block of N. 10th Street uncovered 39 bags of heroin, $711 and four cellphones, according to court records. Allentown police searched the apartment at 9:02 a.m. as part of an ongoing drug investigation, police said.

They were both charged with possession with intent to deliver heroin, possession of heroin and criminal conspiracy. They were arraigned by District Judge Michael Faulkner and sent to Lehigh County Prison under $100,000 bail each.